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Poem Analysis: A Certain Lady By Dorothy Parker
The very interested poem I selected was, “A Certain Lady” by Dorothy Parker. I chose this poem at random but was y glad I did so, as it reminds me of women of today and their constant attempts to try to entice men over with seduction, an obvious symbol that was very distinguishable to be. The poem features many poetic elements, such as symbols, figures of speech, voice, sound and rhythm. The one element I would like to discuss in detail is the tone of voice of the character. This poem seems to be very personal to the writer with great expression of the emotion of love and pain with the character attitude being very warm and intimate.

The message I gather from the poem looks to be a lady doing whatever she can, in an attempt
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